List all words and phrases describing Mr. Bounderby.
Ring the 4 phrases which explicity convey the narrators opinion of Mr. Bounderby character and find in a dictionary adjectives with the same meaning.
Now, go back to the list you made for exercise 1. Which of items on it are connected with one or more author's comments?
The surname of the character contains the word bounder on purpose, find it in the dictionary. Which of the phrases you have listed reinforces the meaning of the surname?
. Mr. Bounderby is described as coming from a poor family, without education and self-made. In other contexts these attributes may be presented as worthy of sympathy and/or admiration. Why aren't they here?
Now, go on reading and see if what Mr. Bounderby says is relevant with the description of his character
Which aspect/s of Mr. Bounderby character is/are emphasized in what he says?
Does what he says confirm or modify his portrait?
Consider how Mr. Bounderby speaks:
a. underline any repetition on pronoums, words or sentence, sentence patter in the extract
b. how would you defined this way of talking? How does his way talking fit in this way character is described by the narrator?

1)Mr. Bunderby was as near being Mr. Grandgrind's bosom friend
a man perfectly devoid of sentiment can approach that spiritual relationship
He was a rich man: banker, merchant, manufacturer
A big loud man, with stare and a metallic laugh. A man made out of a coarse material, which seemed to have been stretched to make so much of him. A man with a great puffed head and forehead, swelled veins in his temples, and such a strained skin to his face that it seemed to hold his eyes open, and lift his eyebrows up. A man with a pervading appearance on him of being inflated like a balloon
A man who could never sufficiently vaunt himself a self-made man
A man who was always proclaiming, through that brassy speaking-trumpet of a voice of his, his old ignorance and his old poverty. A man who was the Bully of humility
Mr. Bounderby looked older... he hadn't much hair.

2)A man who was the Bully of humility
A man who could never sufficiently vaunt himself a self-made man
man perfectly devoid of sentiment".
A man made of coarse material"

The adjectives are: selfish, rough, proud, insensitive 

3)The narrator uses irony to emphasize the figure of Mr Bounderby, he has a Materialistic point of view, which is commented through the use of the grotesque in order to give the narrator personal idea in an implicit way

4)Mr. Bounderby is described as coming from a poor family, without education and self-made. In other contexts these attributes may be presented as worthy of sympathy or admiration. In this case is different because Mr Bounderby wants to improve his position on the social ladder, but he makes this choice with a selfish, annoying attitude.

5)Mr Bounderby tells about himself as a self- made man, and he become this type of man thanks to his childhood, and his description about his clothes refers the place where he lived when he was a child.

6)Aspects of Mr Bouderby which are emphasized are the poverty of his childhood, the place where he lived, the effort he made to become a self made man.

7) Mr Bounderby confirms his portrait, he results a selfish and proud person, and this shows the different point of view between the narrator and Mr Bounderby

8)a. The way of talking is expressed by the proud of a man, even if it results selfish and materialistic. The narrator and Mr Bounderby have two different points of view, the narrator uses irony to emphasize the stupidity of the character, on the other hand, Mr Bounderby describes himself as a model of self made man.
b.In the extract there is the repetition of "I", the word "ditch" and his personality comes out through the expression "I suppose, I was determined"